Bottle cap remover



Jan. 17, 1933. sc u-rz 1,894,261

BOTTLE CAP REMOVER Filed April 6, 1931 ./12' A k Z2 1 W, Lu.

lNVENTOR A.An,5ckuiz BY 7 ATTORNEY S Patented Jan. 17, 1933 ALFRED ANSCHUTZ, OF

PATENT OFFICE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BOTTLE CAP REMOVER Application filed April 6,

The main object of this invention is to provide a device whereby metal or paper caps may be removed from beverage or milk bottles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is clutched in the clenched hand and is adapted to pierce the paper cap of a milk bottle to remove said cap from the bottle.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing Figure l is a front elevational view of a capped milk bottle shown partly in section, showing the cap removing device in place thereon.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the bottle 2 cap removing device per se.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal, sectional, elevational view through the cap remover.

Referring in detail to the drawing the numeral 10 indicates the body of a milk bottle.

2 This bottle is provided with a neck 11 whose edge has an enlarged collar 12 in which a shoulder 13 is formed. The shoulder has seated thereon the conventional type of paper cap 14. The article described herein relates to means for removing this paper cap from its cramped seating position on the shoulder 13. The cap remover comprises a substan tial, horizontal piercing prong 15 which is sharpened to a point as indicated by the numeral 16. At one end the piercing prong is formed into a right angled, ascending projection 17 which is secured to a grip finger or bar 18 intermediate the length of the latter. This bar or grip finger assumes a substantial angular position and at one end is curved into a return bend 19 from which extends a flexible tongue 20. This flexible tongue is provided with an enlarged opening 20 through which the extension 17 of the piercing prong passes.

In use the device is adapted to serve as a cap remover of beverage bottles, or for the well known paper caps of milk bottles. The tongue 20 serves as a flexible cushion to re tain the cap 14 in seated position upon the 1931. Serial No. 527,868.

surface of the piercing prong 15. The point 16 of the piercing prong 15 extends beyond the end of the device. This projecting 16 pierces the cover or cap of the milk bottle at any desirable position preferably near its marginal edge. The cushion tongue 20 normally rests upon the piercing prong 15 and when the cap 14 has been pierced said cap assumes a position above the piercing prong with the cushion tongue urging said cap to seat upon said prong. By an arcuate swing of the grip finger or bar 18 the cap is deflected angularly and is unseated from the shoulder 13 of the milk bottle and can thereafter be readily removed from place without danger of soiling the clothes or the like. The end of the grip bar which is clasped in the clenched hand is formed on one side of a notch 22 which is used in the well known manner for the remover of caps or tiie like from place on their respective bott es.

It is to be noted that certain changes in form and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

A device of the class described comprising a flat member bent into a U-shape, one of the arms of said U being extended to provide a handle, the other arm of said U having a hole therein, a rod rigid with said firstnamed arm extending through said hole, said rod being bent from a point near the outer side of said second-named arm at rightangles to said rod to provide a prong extending parallel to said arms, said prong being pointed and extending beyond said U.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

ALFRED ANSC TZ. 

